Be Here Now - Oasis

I have lost count of the number of albums Oasis have released but for me there is only 3. Since I have reviewed the first two, being Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory I thought that I had better complete the trilogy and review the third album. "Be Here Now" was released back in 1997 on GCSE results day. I remember the day vividly because rather than attending my high school to pick up my results my mates and I were queued up outside HMV in Norwich eagerly awaiting to get our hands on a copy of the album. At that time the results didn't really matter, after all there was nothing we could do to change them and getting the results ...  Read the complete review

When your first album was perhaps the album of the 90's, your second album gave it a good run for it's money you end up having to produce an album in the same league for your third album. That unfortunately didn't happen with "Be Here Now". Noel Gallagher called it the album written by "two gob shites on Charlie" and in places it sounds like it! Expectation would lead to the critics and the fan base demanding another album stuffed full of Wonderwalls, Rock and Roll Stars and Champagne Supernova's unfortunately "Be Here Now" failed to live up to the hype and was written off as dirge, mediocre at best and dire in some quarters. On first ...  Read the complete review

BE HERE NOW is the title of indie rock, Manchester band OASIS' album. The album consists of 12 tracks which I will review. The opening track is titled D'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? and is a real edgy song and quite moody. It features wonderful guitar work and brilliant vocals so a great way to kick off. MY BIG MOUTH is an ordinary track that has weak lyrics, but great instrumental support. MAGIC PIE again is fairly weak as the enrgy usually associated with the band's music isn't there and the vocals are poor. STAND BY ME is a clasic anthem. While it's a slow song the lyrics are immense. This is Oasis at their best with the ...  Read the complete review

Be Here Now is Oasis' third album and it consists of 12 songs. It is a great album on the whole but there are a few negatives to point out, mainly that some of the songs are just too long and so needlessly, e.g. All Around the world has like a four and a half minute guitar solo at the end of it. What is the point!? Unfortunately, although most of the album consists of very good up to standard Oasis songs, there are a few pretty poor songs at the same time. The songs and my ratings are as follows: 1 - D'You Know What I Mean - Another great start to a great Oasis album, this song is right up there with the best. It is a hard thought out lively song with some ...  Read the complete review

Following one of the most hyped album launches in the UK for many years, 'Be Here Now' was regularly slated in the following years by press and fans alike for not quite living up to the expectations of the band's first two albums. Hindsight, however, is a fine thing and like the Stone Roses' album 'Second Coming', the record went through something of a revival. One of the key differences between BHN and the first two of the band's albums is the more long-winded nature of many of the tracks. Instead of the immediacy of old favorites such as 'Roll With It' and 'Cigarettes & Alcohol', fans were greeted with seven minute tracks like opener 'D'ya ...  Read the complete review